Piano pedal-guard.



1., W. COVER. PIANO PEDAL GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15. 1915.

1,177,387. I "Patented Mar.28,1916.'

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itnown' t- U i-te the' c' fiity I M 1 State ofM-issouri, ave-invested certaii-riiew ates,

1 and {fisfii'ldmfirovemeiits in fifmaevr aal- Guards; and 11 do hereby *deuiare tlie foh lowing-.to-be a full-,-" clar, and exact description of. the invention, such as i en'able others skilled in the'art to w-lf h it fapper- I tains to make and iseitli sane:

Thisinvention relates to newand .useful inipioverfieiit's "pedal jguards fcr "pianos; and the principal object of the deviceisto provide a device whichwill eflectively preve'ntmi'ce from entering a piano and in]uring the interior mechanism thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which may be readily made from sheet metal and which'may be either stamped from a single piece of sheet metal,

or which may be formed of a plurality of strips secured together in any suitable manner. I i e I Zith these and otherob ectS lnview, the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts which will be fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which I Figure'l IS a perspective viewof this 1mproved guard, and Fig. 2is afragmentary sectional view through a portion of a piano,

, formed of a strip of metal'5 having the arms. 6 formed at each end, which arms extend illustrating the guard jattachedthereto. Referring-now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates" the piano body provided with the usual pedal opening 2. ,The pedals are desig nated by the numeral 3. The attachment, which is connected to the piano, comprises the base or body, desig;

nated generally by the numeral/i, which 19 outwardly therefrom, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.1. A suitable ear 7 is formed centrally of the rear edge of the body and is provided with an opening 8 for the reception of an attaching screw, by which the. device is secured to the under side, of the. piano. Gonnecting the freeendsof the arms 6 is a suitable bottom ,bar 9 and atop bar 10, which are riveted to the arms. 6, as at 11, and these arms and bars areprovided with alined openings '12 for thereception of screws by which the device is I ""to intervals, as at '13 {to the body 5--,*arc the strips l4,the' bowed ends of which pass between'the bars '9 and lOiand are provided "with the upward extensions '15 Signed to prevent any noise of thea engagement of the lowcr side of the pedalwitnthe extens ons 15;. These ampere prefer; ablyofa resilientmaterial, so that when-the pedal is pressed downwardly and returned to its uppermost position, the strip will follow themovement'of the pedal.

Extending through the strips 9 and 10 and spaced laterally of the" strips 14, are suitable rivets 18, which hold the bars 9 and 10 in parallel relation. 7 Y

i It will be apparent from the foregoing that in use the deviceis secured-to the un.-

-w'liich are inturned at tlieir upper ends,- as V .at--16.- These inturned' upper ends a mo: T'idetlf with the pads '17,which are; arfer ably? efimpberg felt or similar aterial, de-i derside of the piano, as illustrated in Fig.

2, and the extensions 15 close the openings beneath the pedals, as clearly shown. Upon downward pressure upon one of the pedals,

it will be seenthat one of the strips will move downwardly, and when thepedal rebination and arrangement of parts as will fall within the spirit and'scope of the appended claims. p

What is claimed is I e 1. device of the character described comprising a bar, arms formed at the endsv of the bar, bars-connectingthe arms, said I bars being in spaced relation andsecured to opposlte sides of the arms, strips'secured to the firstmenti'oned bar and extending be tween the last named bars, extensions at the ends of the strips to close'the opening on 2. A device ofthe class described comprising a frame, resilient strips pivotally secured at one end to said frame, upturned the under sides of piano pedals when the pedals are in their upward position.

i to enable the distances between thee X te'ns1 ons*t 0,,.be iyarlefcl' to,-=acc0inmodat ep1anosiii).

i ment ofeach strip;

, extensions at the free ends of the stripe, said extensions beingad apted to engage the under sideofapianopedal to closethe open- I ings through which the pedal operates the V resilience ,of the strips ellowingthe .extenr 'sions to follow'the' -pedals during their movements, the strips being pivoted to, theifmme ,vi-n hich thefliStanCe betweemthe pedals Varies I and "means to limit thejljatei'a l move} 3. A device of"the laes. iiescrihed" 50mg; prising ajbar, .arms iormed at the ends 0f the bar, bars. connecting the outer ends of j thearnis, snid bn'i's being in spaced relation;

, an'd se'cu'redtqto oppositesides of 13116 1111115,

" stripsi pivotedpon the upper: side-ofthe first mentioned; bar 1 and extending' between the last named bars, extensions fat the end of the strips toclosefthe Openings onthe under Cepl es of this" petent mey' be obtained for .fiiieicent in their" upward position and Inc ans Carried i byfthe last nanwdjparalle'l 'barsstolimit;the v;.;; i 25 lateral-movement oi'lt he 'strips; i v ,1 L. A device of thejclass described com-R prisinggja' "bar. armsm formed at the-ends of v -the fba'r; bars connecting the outer ends of th 'ziring snid barsbeing in spaced relation-[Y] v andsecured. to: opposite sides of t11e nrm's,;3q 1: 1;;

mentioned barnnd. extending between the 121st mimedha'rs, extensions 'at' the ends' of o the stripsto close the openings, onith'e lundeifl 35'?) in jtheir npward -p osition, and rivets extendqjgf es-b p zm p da 51Whn thelizre a e "WVM, Ihnmnmcki 1 eachiby addressing the i j oz nniiss ioner Patents,

- Washington; DLC 

